Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Dark mesmorizing Indie rock from The Eels seventh album. Hard to believe they have released so many. I've virtually ignored the band since there 1996 Debut Beautiful Freak. Maybe I need to go back and revisit. This track is the first single off their new album Hombre Lobo. I'll dedicate this track to Chris Lobo.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Okay, I will admit that I do not know much about this Swedish band, but this story caught my eye. They decided to sell the original master dubplate vinyl (the only existing copy) on ebay. Presumably this track is recorded from the 12-inch vinyl. The story, which is arguably better than the song itself, can be found here http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18781.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Having posted a couple of their videos recently, I managed to catch Metric live at the Electric Ballroom in Camden last night. You could tell that they were really enjoying themselves and they put on a fantastic show to end their UK tour. Supporting them was a little-known band out of New Zealand. Now based in London, Connan Mockasin and friends specialise in psychedelic songs, featuring Connan's bizarrely high-pitched voice. Their final song last night was an entertaining cover of The Teenagers' Starlett Johansson, which can be listened to on their Myspace page (link below). Egon Hosford is one of the songs that will be available on their upcoming album.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Little bit of a cheezy video but a nice song once they kick into it. This is the side project of Stuart Murdoch of Belle And Sebastian and it does go with the typical Belle and Sebastian type vibe. Nice!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Ruff new third single from Rave pioneers the Prodigy and definately more reminiscent of classic Prodigy. Taken from their 2009 release Invaders Must Die. Track samples the classic club late eighties club track Take Me Away.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Brand new single from Lily Allen. A country pop stomper with country variety show style video to boot. Great second single take from It's Not Me, It's You. EMI won't let me embed the video so you will have to click on the above link to get the video from youtube.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Brand new 7 Inch single from School of Seven Bells. Not really new though as this was originally released in 2007. Nice dreamy airy track typical of the band. The New York based band is composed of two twin ladies and one guy. The album Alpinisms sports a number of similar sounding tracks. There is no video for this one but someone was nice enough to post the song in a youtube video.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Have to thank my UK correspondent Dunstan for posting last night. And of course he once again posts something Canadian. Cheers Mate :)

Who Can Say; Fantastic second single from the Horrors taken from their album Primary Colours. This British band is signed to the XL Recordings label. Actually been around for awhile and this is their second album. Sorta new wave, gothic, alternative 8os sounding outfit. I've given the album the twice over and its fantastic . I unfortunately missed their most recent Toronto appearance opening up for another fine band The Kills on April 30th at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. Did I miss a good show? Let me know.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Very Twee from this UK band. Reminds me of the good days of Tallulah Gosh or Heavenly. Sweet. No video for this new single though so you got to go to the Myspace page. Released on record label Damaged Goods in the UK

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Fantastic Track from this 4 piece girl band out of the UK. Very jangily indiepop almost Twee but not quite....Sweet... Definately my single of the week. Unfortunately no video for this one so you need to hit it up on myspace. But definately worth the click.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Here is a situation where I listened to the singles from the first album Colour It In and didn't get it. The Uk band The Maccabees are about to release their new album Wall of Arms this month and hype it up with the release of the second single Love You Better. Fantastic Moody atmospheric piece of indiepop. The band is signed to Fiction Records out of the UK. I may just need to revisit the first album.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Nice single from Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote taken from his Flick the Vs album. It has been indicated that the King has released over 40 albums. WOW. 3-4 albums a year. This is pretty agressive. He is signed to Domino Records. Very melodic indie cut from the King.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Third album from American band Von Bondies has just been released called "Love, Hate and Then There’s You". Its been five years since the last release. This is the first single taken from the album. Catchy indie rock track with an eighties teen movie feel to it. Released by Fierce Panda in the UK just recently